The Worst Day of the Year ride!!!

Portland has a number of fun rides throughout the year, and on February 15th, statistically the rainiest day of the year, is the "Worst Day of the Year Ride." We took part this year and here are a few of our photos. (funny side note -- this was the 8th annual ride, and since they've started it has NEVER rained on the day of the ride!!! Not that we're complaining!)

This is the Community Cycling Center (funds raised by the ride go to them!). They do tons of awesome stuff, including teaching kids how to be safe riders, they run a program where low income individuals can earn bikes, and one of my favorites is a stealth "get lit" program where they go out at dusk and equip unlit cyclists with front and rear lights! Awesome!


Lots of people dress up for the ride. Here is my favorite, the Blazer bike, with various Trailblazer bobble heads on the back!

Another good example of the costumes, crazy girl with chicken on her helmet and superman-like underwear! 18 miles goes pretty fast when you're laughing at all the costumes and you have rest stops with hot chocolate and cookies! :)